California Rep. Tom McClintock

Woke Assemblyman Berman Savaged for Ludicrous Climate Change Tweet

December 8, 2023 7:49 am

Woke lawmakers in California’s Legislature are insufferable. The virtue signaling, the platitudes, the triteness, may make them appear as if they are doing something useful. But they are not. And posting their virtue on X/Twitter makes them look even more...

Did Republicans Just Snatch Defeat from the Jaws of Victory With Speaker McCarthy’s Ouster?

October 3, 2023 3:40 pmOctober 4, 2023 4:51 pm

Republican House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (CA) has been voted out of the House leadership role in a move forwarded by Rep. Matt Gaetz (FL). The Globe wearily suggested on X (formerly known as Twitter): “Concerned that House Republicans snatched defeat...

What Ballot Initiatives Will Californians Face in the Nov. 8th Election?

September 15, 2022 8:45 amSeptember 15, 2022 8:47 am

California has 7 ballot initiatives qualified for the November 2022 General Election ballot. There is also colossal spending behind the measures. So what’s hot, what’s not and what’s toxic? The Globe checked in with Ballotpedia and the California Secretary of...

Gov. Newsom Applauds ‘Inflation Reduction Act’

August 16, 2022 5:21 pmAugust 17, 2022 3:07 pm

“Just as you can’t drink yourself sober, you cannot spend your way out of inflation or tax yourself out of recession or borrow your way out of debt. Yet that’s what the Democrats claim they can do,” California Rep. Tom...

Rep. Tom McClintock Calls on President Biden to Fulfill His Promise to Caldor Fire Victims

November 20, 2021 7:50 amNovember 20, 2021 8:02 am

Rep. Tom McClintock sent a letter to President Joe Biden calling upon him to fulfill the promise he made to assist the victims of the Caldor Fire when he visited the scene on September 13, 2021. The Federal Emergency Management...

Earmarks: A Monumentally Bad Idea

July 1, 2021 10:45 amJuly 2, 2021 3:50 pm

Ever since the Magna Carta, it has been a settled principle of good governance that the power that appropriates public funds should not be the same power that spends them. This principle is at the heart of our Constitution: the...

Following California’s Recall, Who Will Be Candidate for Governor?

February 3, 2021 3:23 pmFebruary 3, 2021 3:23 pm

With a possible or even probable recall of Gov. Gavin Newsom happening this year, there are rumored replacement candidates, and a few confirmed. With an earlier than ever need for the CAGOP to find a solid candidate for Governor, the Globe...